Enrolled Nurse - Mental Health Services

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Enrolled Nurse
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Western Sydney Local Health District
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REQ679517 Requisition #

🧠 Deliver compassionate care in a specialist mental health unit

🌟 Grow your career with a leading NSW mental health service

🤝 Join a collaborative team committed to recovery-focused care

 

Support, care and empower adults with complex mental health needs while building your mental health nursing career in a specialist inpatient setting.

 

Employment Type: Permanent Full & Part Time roles available
Position Classification: Enrolled Nurse 
Remuneration: $75,011.91 - $81,508.14 per annum / $37.83 - $41.10 per hour
Hours Per Week: up to 38
Location: Cumberland 

 

Where you'll be working
Join Riverview Unit, a specialist inpatient mental health service for adults aged 18 years and over, located within Cumberland Hospital—NSW's largest and Australia's oldest mental health facility. As part of Western Sydney Local Health District, you'll work alongside experienced multidisciplinary professionals who are passionate about delivering innovative, recovery-focused care in a respectful and supportive environment.

  • Work within a specialist adult mental health inpatient service.

  • Be part of Western Sydney Local Health District's leading mental health network.

  • Collaborate with experienced multidisciplinary teams delivering person-centred care.

  • Access opportunities for ongoing learning, development and career progression.

  • Contribute to a culture guided by our CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

 

What you'll be doing 
As an Enrolled Nurse, you'll provide safe, compassionate and evidence-based nursing care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, supporting consumers throughout their recovery journey while contributing to high-quality clinical outcomes.

  • Deliver direct nursing care in line with individual care plans and your scope of practice.

  • Monitor, assess and report changes in consumers' physical and mental health, escalating concerns appropriately.

  • Support consumers with activities of daily living, therapeutic engagement and emotional wellbeing.

  • Maintain accurate clinical documentation and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

  • Work collaboratively with nurses and the multidisciplinary team to provide safe, person-centred mental health care, including supporting consumers with complex mental health presentations.

 

Join Us!

Join Western Sydney Local Health District and help shape the future of mental health care while making a meaningful difference in the lives of our consumers, their families and the wider community. Apply today.

 

How to Apply 
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

 

Essential Requirements:

Registration: Current Endorsed Enrolled Nurse Division 2 Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

 

Selection Criteria:

  1. Relevant and recent clinical experience deemed appropriate by WSLHD

  2. Demonstrated ability to organise and prioritise work.

  3. Demonstrated effective communication skills both written and verbal

  4. Effective interpersonal skills showing initiative and leadership.

  5. Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team

  6. Commitment to continuing professional development and demonstrated ability to utilise information technology within a variety of applications and willingness to undertake training.

 

  

Requisition ID: REQ679517 
Applications Close: 23rd August 2026


 

Need more information ?

 

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard. 

 

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations.  For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/ .

 

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency. 

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